TY - JOUR
T1 - The Cost of Visit-based Home Care for up to Two Weeks in the Last Three Months of Life
T2 - A Pilot Study of Community Care Based at a Hospice-athome Service in South East of England
AU - Spiro, Stephen
AU - Ward, Alison
AU - Sixsmith, Judith
AU - Graham, Anne
AU - Varvel, Sue
N1 - This work was supported by the Rayne Foundation, the Wates Foundation and The Burdett Trust for Nursing.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The cost of visit-based community care based around a 24/7 hospice-at-home (HatH) service in the last 3 months of life was assessed. Thirty families completed a health and social carediary of at-home visits over twoweeks following contact with the HatH night service. Diaries captured 333 days of care provision, averaging 11 diary days per family, 708 health care professional and carer visits, lasting 604 hours at a cost of £20,192 ($24,946). Hat H care, integrated with community support, seems an economic proposition but highlights the complexities of assessing cost of end of life care.
AB - The cost of visit-based community care based around a 24/7 hospice-at-home (HatH) service in the last 3 months of life was assessed. Thirty families completed a health and social carediary of at-home visits over twoweeks following contact with the HatH night service. Diaries captured 333 days of care provision, averaging 11 diary days per family, 708 health care professional and carer visits, lasting 604 hours at a cost of £20,192 ($24,946). Hat H care, integrated with community support, seems an economic proposition but highlights the complexities of assessing cost of end of life care.
KW - Hospice-at-home
KW - costs
KW - Community
KW - End-of-life
KW - Community and Home Care
KW - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
U2 - 10.1080/07370016.2020.1809856
DO - 10.1080/07370016.2020.1809856
M3 - Article
C2 - 33150810
VL - 37
SP - 203
EP - 213
JO - Journal of Community Health Nursing
JF - Journal of Community Health Nursing
SN - 0737-0016
IS - 4
ER -
